July 09, 2008
NORMAN, Okla.- Texas A&M junior Matt Van Zandt (Houston/Elkins HS) has been named to the Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar Team by the Golf Coaches Association of America.
Van Zandt posted a 74.71 stroke average last season and placed in the top 25 in five spring tournaments, including a tie for sixth at the U.S. Collegiate Championship. He also earned Academic All-Big 12 honors and was selected to the Big 12 Spring Sports Good Works Team.
A total of 96 players earned the honor in Division I. To be eligible for Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar status an individual must be a junior or senior academically and compete in at least two full years at the collegiate level, participate in 70-percent of his team’s competitive rounds or compete in the NCAA Championships, have a stroke average under 76.0 and maintain a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 3.2. A recipient must also be of high moral character and be in good standing at his college or university.
Division I Cleveland Golf All-America Scholars
Bill Alcorn, Baylor
Trent Leon, Oklahoma State
Andrew Allenspach, Indiana
Garrett Logan, Georgetown
Pete Alminas, Winthrop
Peter Malnati, Missouri
Paul Amess, Temple
Nick Martin, DePaul
Danny Amundson, Belmont
Ciaran McAleavey, Toledo
Andrew An, Mercer
Matthew McArthur, Southern Utah
Mark Anderson, South Carolina
Conor McMahon, George Washington
Chris Baker, Iowa State
Michael McRae, St. Mary’s (CA)
Ben Bastel, Miami (OH)
Garrett Merrell, Texas Tech
Michael Beausejour, Xavier
Kyle Moore, Northwestern
Barden Berry, North Carolina
Kyle Morris, Seton Hall
Larry Blatt, Illinois
Jay Moseley, Auburn
Cory Blenkush, DePaul
Kurt Nino, San Francisco
Jared Brader, Southern Utah
Glenn Northcutt, Auburn
Tyler Brown, Florida
A.J. Oleksal, Hartford
Zen Brown, Colorado State
Josh Oller, Mississippi State
Phillip Bryan, Oklahoma
Mikhial Pasic, Detroit Mercy
Scooter Buhrman, Longwood
Brennan Payne, St. Bonaventure
Jay Calvo, Liberty
Trent Peterson, South Dakota State
Matthew Carvell, Southeastern Louisiana
Michael Randle, Purdue
Colin Clemente, Akron
Lindsey Renolds, Coastal Carolina
Troy Coker, Bethune-Cookman
Greg Rodgers, Notre Dame
Will Cumberland, DePaul
Robert Rohanna, Penn State
Patrick Cunning, South Carolina
Tim Schaetzel, Michigan
Andrew DiBitetto, Charlotte
Michael Schnegelberger, UMKC
Brad Doster, Kentucky
Will Shambley, UNC-Wilmington
David Dragoo, Georgia Tech
Gareth Shaw, East Tennessee State
Chris Gilliland, Furman
Mark Silvers, South Carolina
Noah Goldman, Mississippi State
Michael Smith, Louisiana-Lafayette
Steven Groover, Auburn
Mark Sommerfield, Detroit Mercy
Matt Grush, UC Santa Barbara
Mark Stevens, Rhode Island
Adam Hadwin, Louisville
Matthew Swan, Alabama
Timothy Hager, Georgetown
Ryan Swanson, St. Bonaventure
Taylor Hall, Georgia Tech
Joseph Sykora, Alabama
Brian Harman, Georgia
Andre Thorsen, East Carolina
Jonas Enander Hedin,
Charlotte Cameron Tringale, Georgia Tech
Graham Hill, Eastern Michigan
Jordan Utley, Richmond
Matt Hughes, Alabama
Jurrian van der Vaart, Virginia Tech
Justin Hull, Toledo
Mike Van Sickle, Marquette
Matthew Hunsaker, Evansville
Matt Van Zandt, Texas A&M
Zach Jecklin, Northern Illinois
Manuel Villegas, Florida
Tim Johnson, George Washington
Zachary Vinal, Binghamton
Patrick Kelley, IPFW
Drew Weaver, Virginia Tech
Matthew Kinsinger, UNLV
Stefan Wiedergruen, Charlotte
Walter Koelbel, Kansas
Ben Wood, Miami (OH)
Jeffrey Koprivetz, Denver
R.J. Zielinski, Fairfield
Morgan Landry, Louisiana-Lafayette
John Zur, Seton Hall
Markus Leandersson, East Carolina